Offered or they inquired? Good player, but never really had a role he excels at during his time at United. I am awaiting our transfer business to explode, with numerous players joining and leaving, but takes us months to 'prepare bids'. So I'd best not hold my breath.

I love Mata but even I will admit he isn't a top top player anymore. He'll come on, do fine and maybe score a brace in one or two games. However, we should not be selling anybody right now unless we're 100% sure we can get a top draw replacement. Maybe it was a swap for Perisic?

Would be a bizarre move on our part if we don't have a replacement coming.

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By selling Mata the overall quality of our team would not be worse off. Lingaard, Sanchez, Martial and Rashford would perform at the same level as Mata has shown over the last 12 months as a bare minimum.
Think Mata has been offered to a number of clubs, and we are either trying to get funds to buy a RW or as part of a deal for an RW.
Regarding Perisic: Inter wants Balde Keita.

For his sake, I hope he leaves. He's an extrordinarly talented footballer, and its hard to dislike him even as a Liverpool fan. Just a stand up bloke - a far cry from the social media panzies who have taken over football these days.

The Italian league could suit him, and Inter are building a good team. Itcould work really well. United could perhaps work this in a deal for Perisic and give Mourinho the winger he desperately wanted last summer - though his desire to get Perisic and Willian is rather bizarre.

Sadly not the player he once was but he might get a new lease of life in the slower and less physical Italian league. I think this move might good for both parties, so long as we have someone to bring in.

To get more money, transfer fees? Just like Toby for example, buy now for 50 mil or wait until January for 25. Not sure if that's accurate but just as an example.

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The bloated wages of our squad players almost guarantee we won't easily be finding buyers. Extending the likes of Rojo on 100k contracts isn't the way to recoup value. Our club know this and it's why I doubt they extended the contracts in blind hopes that someone will take these players.

As much as I like Mata I don't think I can handle seeing another season of him on the right wing. And with Fred and Pogba (presumably) not to mention Lingard, Sanchez and Fellaini all preferable options to him in the centre, he just isn't going to get game time anywhere other than out wide.

I am somehow beginning to feel Di Marzio is becoming less reliable. He has grown too much famous and is under pressure to put out a new breaking news every day. So he is putting out as much news as possible, even from his weak sources

Obviously we are doing this to try and get Perisic. Yes Perisic can play right wing but have people realised...Maybe he can play left win-back/left mid in a 3-5-2? Perisic can be our "left back" sorta if ya know what I mean.

I would have no problems with this with or without Perisic. In fact, just yesterday I was wondering what we are doing keeping Herrera, Mata & Shaw in the last years of their contracts. Next summer it'll be either them blackmailing us like Fellaini did this summer or they'll leave for free. Both of which are terrible situations for us.

In an ideal world, we would sell Mata and get Fekir, sell Shaw and get a replacement & extend Herrera's contract for a couple of season.

would see it a win win for everyone, cant see him getting much game time this season, would start for Inter and a slower tempo league would suit him better. would imagine would save us a good amount on wages for a season as well.